I am just an old gal, with some time on her hands, and loose thoughts from time to time... Wife, mother of 8, grandmother of 20 and great-grandmother of 21

Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Where did all the ........

The words to Where didall the flowers go remindsme of Sandpoint.. At leastthe Sandpoint that those ofus have been here 20+ years.

Where did all the little shopsgo, long time passing...Where did all of the littleshops of a long time ago...They went to become realestate offices...When will they ever learnwhen will they ever learn..

On my quest of what to showThe Golly Gals in Sandpoint,I drove thru town last week.

I was shocked to see that thesmall shops that sold, gems,and other stones were gone.Also a few others are gone orwill be soon.

In their place are real estateoffices. I couldn't count themas the traffic was wicked. Andon First Avenue there isconstruction going on taking upthe block, so you have to dodgeto the right to get around it.

This is the building that ColdwaterCreek is taking over. The very samecompany that kicked out all of thesmall shops in the Cedar Bridge.

Even the little first floorrestaurant had fish and fryon Friday nights . $4.95all you could eat. AndChowder that tasted great!

Ah, yes, where have all thelittle shops gone? To thegraveyard, everyone....

My one question, withall the real estate officesdown there in the middle oftown. On the one main streetcalled First Avenue.... what isgoing to happen when themarket falls like it alwaysdoes. After all real estate isa cycle... will that finallykill off Sandpoint, the verything that all of the peoplein Sandpoint have beentrying to save with the newfreeway wanting to come in?Will there be no Sandpointleft to see? Maybe wecan make it all a lawnfrom Second Street tothe water